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#simon says#i watched the Last Unicorn again recently and it fucking slaps#and I noticed a huge part of why it slapped is because it doesn't explain shit#same with a lot of other fantasy things from the 70's and 80's I've noticed#and even older stories all the way back to fairy tales and fables#they just tell you something and move on#and it works!#a lot of the time it feels far too hand-holdy or immersion breaking for the characters to stop and explain something for the audience#like these characters would not take the time to explain the aspects of their world in detail to other people who live in this world#this is clearly for the audience only and so that they can feel more satisfied with an answer#but it fucking sucks!!#it is bad writing!!#to presume your audience has no suspension of disbelief so you stop everything to explain how the world works for them alone is bad!#it makes the story feel awkward because it feels out of character for the people of the world to talk like that and it feels insulting tbh#like you really think the audience's ability to pick up details of the world from dialog and onscreen (or page) information is that poor??#and to some extent it is#lord knows we are having a serious media literacy and general literacy issue in the United States#but it's honestly just bad writing and it bugs me so much. my number 1 pet peeve in fantasy is overexplaining especially when it doesn't fit#like just fucking tell me that there's a magical world on the other side of this wall in a village and move on#i can just accept this fact#imagine if the Dark Crystal took the time to explain every aspect of the world#that movie is already jam packed with random story and world bits that you just have to accept and move on from#now imagine if they took a solid 2 minutes to explain what the fuck Fizzgig is.#i think leaving it at 'he's a friendly monster and Kira's friend!' is the perfect place to leave it at#we do not need a full explanation on Fizzgig's species and behavior and why he's friendly unlike other monsters#he's a friendly monster and he's Kira's friend! that's all we need to know! we got a dark crystal to put back together!!!

I think that the 2010's media landscape of Buzzfeed articles about plotholes in disney movies, Cinemasins critiques, and Watchmojo Top Ten scenes in movies that make no sense has truely ruined a lot of media. People are afraid that their work will be torn down if they dare leave a single thing up in the air, if they dare ask their audience to suspend their disbelief.

All too often nowadays I see stories (especially fantasy), take the time to explain how every small aspect of the world works and how it all logically makes sense. The constant time stopped to explain why an event happened, how this object works, or why this is important to the characters. It's just really not needed and it honestly makes a lot of stories worse.

I am of the opinion that the best stories truly just drop you into their world and explain nothing. They just take you through the story of this world and you just have to accept it and continue on. "When he became king, the land became barren." I don't want the story to stop and explain why this is, or how it happened, I want us to move on so we can just assume that the king has such rancid vibes that everything died.

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silva my beloved (la/chamber vocal ghoulette)

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Then, in the upcoming Shadowcasting, there's Witchcraft and more Witchcraft, while Mia still deals with Trauma but Riley only just gets kind of judgy... because Bobbi is the one making bad life decisions.

Do all of these people need therapy? Probably.

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Dude what if you drew more Barnaby in suspenders art, that would be kinda bonkers. (You don't have to)

it would be absolutely insane you're so right. you know what would be crazier

if it was Laughingstock

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Golden Rites - esuthio

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The Great Rite...?

I've always wondered how the Great Rite (Calanmai) is performed across the other Courts. Are they all basically sex based ritualistic magic thats tipping the line of consent non consent as it is a duty? Borderline possession when the *magic* channels and uses the body of the host, if you think about it. Does it differ between courts?

And what happens when it's not performed? Maybe it was already written in the text, but I'd assume, or would like to think, the magic of the lands would become wilder. Unpredictable. Consequences curating in some form that couldn't be ignored. Maybe making the land less fertile, transfiguring usually harmless creatures into something horrid and vicious to attack the fae settlers; or even weaken the High Lord of that particular land as it was the *Land* that chose them, thus making them/the court vulnerable. A collective punishment, so to speak.

And then the Rite being done, but not by the High Lord themselves. Like how Kier has been the one to perform it in Rhysand’s stead for however long (Don't care for him, but it not Kier's responsibility) and how Lucien replaced Tamlin. Maybe the magic would simply view them as place holders - satisfied, but not fulfilled. Eventually, it would get tired and lash out by feeling slighted. Decide to strip the power of the HL and give it to another without death required.

I dunno, just some random thoughts. Not asking for the most world building, but just a comparison. Even in the places we've been the most (Spring & NC), there's not much depth. Just surface level explanations that are never recounted again. Though, that could be mostly due to SJM being more character focus. But still, the books get thick. Something could have been substituted to add more otherworldly aspects of a literal faerie book.

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A Court of Thorns and Roses.

Page 193:

*SPOILERS, including future books*

Lucien mid explanation of Calanmai to Feyre, after dragging her back to the manor:

...."We do this by conducting the Great Rite. Each of the seven High Lords of Prythian preforms this every year, since their magic cones from the earth and returns to it at the end - it's a give-and-take."

But I have a vague memory of Rhysand telling Feyre that it's a Spring court celebration, and he does not celebrate it.

This tells me that either, if what Lucien says is true, Rhysand wasn't supposed to be High Lord in this book or maybe not even meant to be, because then why is he here? I know he is being held by Amarantha, but you get where im coming from, right?

OR if what Lucien says is wrong, his dad is a perv and performing the Rite in the Autumn court, just to fuck around, and it's just never come up with Tamlin or any other court for however many years Lucien has lived 🙃

Also, if all the other courts have their own celebration, why would the boarders have to be open for this single night? They could just go to their own celebrations...

Or, of course, it's just a classic SJM lore-oversight that didn't fit her story later on. Who knows 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Book update time! Back in January I published my first (non-graphic) novel, The Witch and the Rose (which you can buy here). I made it pretty clear that it was the first book in a series, and that more books would be coming.

And yeah, it's time to reveal that next book.

I'm excited to announce Bloody Damn Rite, the sequel to The Witch and the Rose and second book in the Mia Graves series, will come out June 11th on Kindle and paperback. Additionally, you can pre-order the Kindle eBook version of the book right now and it will be available on your devices immediately on June 11th.

So yeah! If you want some queer contemporary fantasy set in, of all places, an Indiana college town... I got two books for you.

There will be more.

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Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett

In an effort to continue to work through the unenviable pile of physical books hanging out in my house, I read Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett next. This is the first in the Witches series, but third in the overall Discworld series.

I read Wyrd Sisters on a whim last year? I think? Anyway, Wyrd Sisters was incredibly good and singlehandedly changed my opinion on Discworld as a whole. And someone kindly bought me both Equal Rites and Witches Abroad, which I will likely read next.

Anyway, on to the summary. Equal Rites follows Esk, a girl living in a tiny town high up in the mountains, literally at the edge of the world. Against all odds, she's born with wizard magic, a type of magic that in the past has only ever been used by men. The local witch, Granny Weatherwax, offers to take Esk under her wing and try to teach her the ways of witchcraft (the only respectable kind of magic for a woman to practice), but Esk just isn't a witch, she's a wizard. When it becomes clear that Esk needs more than what Granny Weatherwax can teach her, they set off together for the capital and to Unseen University, the place of learning for all young wizards. But, getting there is only half the battle.

I really loved this book, almost as much as Wyrd Sisters. All the characters are so incredibly loveable and Granny Weatherwax remains a queen, an icon, my fucking role model. I hope to be half as confident and fed up with everyone's bullshit when I'm as old as her.

If you're interested in Discworld, but aren't sure where to jump in, and you love a feminist icon, this is a great book to start with. Much recommended.

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Worldbuilding priorities according to my brain

Not Important:

Governments

Name of a major antagonist group (TCOA)

Biomes

Any location name (I have 1 solid location name and it's Almyst from C&C which won't be visited until the last part of the series)

Important:

Random little details that will probably have nothing to do with the plot or characters

Sea dragons which are also merfolk (TCOA)

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ancient of rites